Baek (Korean pronunciation: [pɛ̝k̚]), also often spelled Paek, Baik, Paik, or Back is a Korean family name. In the year 2000, there were 351,275 people with this surname in South Korea. The word means the color white.

Baek
Hangul
Hanja
Revised RomanizationBaek
McCune–ReischauerPaek

Baek (白)

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"白" has a Cantonese origin from the Yuan dynasty and Goryeo dynasty.

Baek (苩)

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Some Baekje refugees from the late Silla age had this surname.

  • Paik Ga (苩加), Mahan ruler
  • Paik Yong (苩龍), Silla general
  • Paik Ki (苩奇), Baekje general
  • Paik Ga (苩加), Baekje painter

Notable people

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Back

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  • Back Hye-ryun (born 1967), South Korean prosecutor-turned parliamentarian
  • Back Min-chul (born 1977), South Korean retired football goalkeeper
  • Back Sang-won (born 1988), South Korean baseball player

Baek

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Baik

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  • Bek Hyun-jin (born 1972), South Korean actor, musician, installation artist

Paek

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Paik

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Fictional characters

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See also

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